Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 146 (Wednesday, July 29, 2020)

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 146 (Wednesday, July 29, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45577-45578]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-16426]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-943]


Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From the People's Republic of 
China: Final Results of Expedited Second Sunset Review of the 
Antidumping Duty Order

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: As a result of this sunset review, the Department of Commerce 
(Commerce) finds that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) order on 
certain oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from the People's Republic of 
China (China) would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of 
dumping at the levels indicated in the ``Final Results of Sunset 
Review'' section of this notice.

DATES: Applicable July 29, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Moses Song or Natasia Harrison, AD/CVD 
Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-7885 
or (202) 482-1240, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On April 1, 2020, Commerce published a notice of initiation of the 
second sunset review of the AD order on OCTG from China, pursuant to 
section 751(c)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\1\ 
On April 14, 2020, and April 16, 2020, Commerce received notices of 
intent to participate in this review from Maverick Tube Corporation 
(Maverick), Tenaris Bay City, Inc. (Tenaris), IPSCO Tubulars, Inc. 
(IPSCO), BENTELER Steel/Tube Manufacturing Corp. (BENTELER), United 
States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel), Welded Tube USA Inc. (Welded 
Tube), and Vallourec Star, L.P. (Vallourec) (collectively, domestic 
interested parties) within the deadline specified in 19 CFR 
351.218(d)(1)(i).\2\ The domestic interested parties claimed interested 
party status under section 771(9)(C) of the Act, as manufacturers of a 
domestic like product in the United States.
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    \1\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 85 FR 18189 
(April 1, 2020).
    \2\ See Maverick, Tenaris, and IPSCO's Letter, ``Notice of 
Intent to Participate in Second Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping 
and Countervailing Duty Orders on Oil Country Tubular Goods from the 
People's Republic of China,'' dated April 14, 2020; see also U.S. 
Steel's Letter, ``Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Orders on Oil Country Tubular Goods from China: 
Notice of Intent to Participate,'' dated April 16, 2020; Vallourec 
and Welded Tube's Letter, ``Oil Country Tubular Goods from the 
People's Republic of China, Second Sunset Review: Notice of Intent 
to Participate,'' dated April 16, 2020; and BENTELER's Letter, 
``Notice of Intent to Participate in Second Sunset Reviews of the 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders on Oil Country Tubular 
Goods from the People's Republic of China,'' dated April 16, 2020.
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    On May 1, 2020, Commerce received a complete substantive response 
from the domestic interested parties within the 30-day deadline 
specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).\3\ We received no substantive 
responses from any respondent interested party, nor was a hearing 
requested. As a result, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 
19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce conducted an expedited (120-
day) sunset review of the AD order on OCTG from China.
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    \3\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Oil Country 
Tubular Goods from the People's Republic of China: Substantive 
Response of the Domestic Industry to Commerce's Notice of Initiation 
of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Reviews,'' dated May 1, 2020.
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Scope of the Order

    This AD order covers OCTG. The Issues and Decision Memorandum, 
which is hereby adopted by this notice, provides a full description of 
the scope of the order.\4\
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    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Expedited Second Sunset Review of the 
Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from the 
People's Republic of China: Issues and Decision Memorandum,'' dated 
concurrently with this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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    The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on 
file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). 
ACCESS is available to registered users at http://access.trade.gov. In 
addition, a complete version of the Decision Memorandum can be accessed 
at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Issues and Decision 
Memorandum and the electronic version of the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum are identical in content.

Analysis of Comments Received

    In the Issues and Decision Memorandum, we have addressed all issues 
that parties raised in this review. The issues include the likelihood 
of continuation or recurrence of dumping in the event of revocation and 
the magnitude of the dumping margins likely to prevail if Commerce 
revoked the AD order.

Final Results of Sunset Review

    Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(c)(3) of the Act, we 
determine that revocation of the AD order on OCTG from China would be 
likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping, and that the 
magnitude of the margins of dumping likely to prevail would be up to 
99.14 percent.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to an 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely 
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or 
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to 
comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which is 
subject to sanction. We are issuing and publishing these results and 
notice in accordance with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.218.


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    Dated: July 22, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. History of the Order
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
    1. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of Dumping
    2. Magnitude of the Margin of Dumping Likely to Prevail
VII. Final Results of Sunset Review
VIII. Recommendation

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